Funny thing happened at the Tower today. They have a little exhibit on the murder of a man in the Jacobean era. He was poisoned while imprisoned, and since his murderers were aristocratic (an Earl and Countess, I think), and the husband was a friend of the King, the case became a sensation.
Anyway, according to the Tower, here's the story. This guy (can't remember his name, sorry) went to prison but he threatened to reveal something bad about the Countess's first marriage. She sent him tasty vittles. She also sent a letter to the Tower's governor, warning him not to let his family eat any of those vittles. This was, obviously, super-subtle.
So the governor tested the food and - lo and behold - it turned out to be poisoned. He didn't give it to the prisoner.
Here's where the Tower gets shifty.
They say something like, 'but then he was poisoned and died and later the Countess and her husband were convicted which was dicey for the King since they were his homies.' I'm paraphrasing.
Yeah, kids. Notice they don't explain how he was poisoned. The governor caught the food, so how did it happen?
Shhhh....he was poisoned in his enema. Yes, in his enema.
So today I learned this: at Royal Heritage sites you can't allude to poo.
1 comment:
Enemas? Did the Tower have a spa? And if this was some sort of forced enema, why not just stab him to death? What a bizarre way to kill somebody.
I'm still jealous that you got to go. Icky poo stories notwithstanding.
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